The World Economic Factbook 1996 3rd edition

We are told: “207 countries at your fingertips”; one way and another, we seem to be publishing reviews of a lot of works making very similar claims to provide easily assimilable factual information about the world. Most of these publications are still in book form, as with this title under review, but some others are now appearing in electronic format. So this title comes into a competitive market at quite a high price: what chance does it have of success? The answer to that must first depend on its target market: in this case, the market is for business organizations...